Living Rent

Housing and property organisations are bracing themselves for policy changes after the Scottish Government’s formal co-operation agreement with the Scottish Green Party was brought to an end yesterday. First Minister Humza Yousaf formally informed Scottish Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and

With the Tenant Protection Bill’s in-tenancy rent cap and eviction measures due to expire in a matter of weeks, the Scottish Government has proposed an adjudication scheme to ease the transition until a long-awaited Housing Bill comes to pass. Under the proposals, the process for rent adjudica

After recording an episode of the Scottish Housing News Podcast on the subject of the proposed rent adjudication scheme for the private rented sector, Jimmy Black shares his own experiences.

The Scottish Government has been urged to “act now” to prevent “disastrous consequences” for private tenants after the current cap on rents comes to an end next month.

Tenants’ union Living Rent has called for further protections for tenants as the Scottish Government seeks consultation regarding measures to transition away from emergency legislation.

Scottish Labour MSPs will today table a motion to declare a housing emergency across Scotland.

Health equity funder People’s Health Trust has today launched its Homes for Health programme supporting ten projects across Great Britain to improve ill health caused by unsuitable housing conditions.

The tenants’ union Living Rent Lochend have called on the City of Edinburgh Council to take steps to bring the 1,456 empty properties in the city back into use as quality homes for those who need them.

Members of the Living Rent tenants’ union dropped a banner at Victoria Street in Edinburgh to call for the council to keep its commitment to regulate short-term lets (STLs) in the city.

The City of Edinburgh Council's licensing scheme for short-term lets operators has been deemed unlawful at the Court of Session.

Emergency measures to protect tenants during the cost of living crisis, including the private rent cap and additional eviction protections, will be extended for a final six months if approved by Parliament. In an answer to a question in Holyrood this week, tenants’ rights minister Patrick Harv

Members of the Living Rent tenants' union in Lochend are celebrating a commitment from the City of Edinburgh Council to fund an £18 million-per-year area-based retrofitting programme and empty council homes being put back into use.

Landlords across Scotland are putting pressure on tenants to accept rent increases that go above the 3% rent cap currently in place, tenants union Living Rent has claimed.

The Glasgow Planning Applications Committee has approved the redevelopment of Shawlands Arcade into 600 luxury flats despite strong community opposition.

The Scottish Government’s extension of the deadline for the short-term let licensing scheme by six months pays no attention to the needs of residents and prospective tenants and listens only to the demands of big businesses, according to Living Rent.